Chicago Public Schools students will have the option of returning to classrooms full time in the fall, district officials announced Wednesday, in what will be the largest step yet toward the resumption of pre-pandemic schooling.
Though a few thousand high school students started learning in person four days per week on Monday, no CPS students have been back daily since schools closed because of COVID-19 conditions 13 months ago.
All students in all grades will have that choice available to them in the fall, while families uncomfortable or unable to return will still be allowed to learn remotely, CPS leaders said. Few other details were immediately available.
“To ensure the district’s plans are aligned to the needs of families, CPS will be engaging families in the weeks ahead to help develop specific plans for the upcoming school year,” CPS said in a news release.
It was a winding road to this week’s milestone of every noncharter school reopening its doors for in-person learning, with tough Chicago Teachers Union negotiations leading to extra health and safety precautions that alleviated some workers’ and parents’ concerns.
And challenges likely remain to make full-time, in-person classes a reality for the fall. The district will need to prioritize helping eligible high school students get vaccinated over the summer as advocated for by the CTU and outlined in the district’s reopening agreement with the union. Workers who want a COVID-19 shot will almost certainly have received one by the fall.
The district announced its fall plans at the same time it released next year’s school-level budgets. Highlights of the school budgets included the first, small chunk of federal relief funds to address pandemic needs, dollars to offset COVID-19 induced enrollment drops and additional nurse, social worker and special education case manager positions in alignment with the hiring schedule outlined in the 2019 CTU contract.
CPS officials said 94% of schools — 482 of 513 — will see increases in their budgets, but a school-by-school breakdown had yet to be released.
The budgets released Wednesday identify how much money each principal will be given to spend at their school. A districtwide, centralized budget will be released this summer and will include money for building renovations and other special projects.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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